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H. G. F. LAUTEN ART OF PRINTING SHEET MATERIAL Filed May a. 1925 III W l! INENTOR.

ATTORNEY .aaea- ()ct. 13,1925, I

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Application filed may 8, 1925;. Serial No. 558,945.

I To all whom it concerns lack of absorption, and the shade will Be it known that I, HENRYG. F. LAUTEN, graduate from the deeper impressions to a citizen of the'United States, and a resithe parts which are not compressed, and dent of Bay Shore, Suffolk County, Long thus a very pleasing shading is'had, and 5 Island, New York, have invented an Inn} it is produced in the simplest manner. Fur- 60 girovement in theArt of Printing Sheet .thermore, by first impressing the pattern aterial, of which the following is a specifiand then coloring or dyeing the goods, the cation. application of the liquid restores the sur- My invention relates to improvements in face of the goods so that they appear smooth the art of producingtwo-tone or. multiple when finished. A further advantage of this 5 tone color effects on sheet material. My method is that naturally the pattern has. improved method is especially adapted for the impression on both sides of'the goods, producing these effects on textile fabrics, and consequentlyafter the color is applied, but the invention can be applied to any the pattern shows on both the front and sheet material susceptible of taking color. back of the goods, giving a pleasing woven 7 Inthe specification I'shall refer more paror jacquard efi'ect. ticularly to the application of the method It Will be readily seen that my improved to coloring textile fabrics, but it will be method may be appliedto either bleached understood that it can be extended to other or unbleached goods, and when producing t uses. My invention is intended to lessen the cheaper. grade goods, my method has 7 the cost of producing patternsor' designs in. a distinct advantage over the usual zinc or two-tone or multiple tone effects on fabrics, over-printing process, hecau se in the latter and at the same time produce better-goods case the surface of the cloth is covered, Usually these efiects are produced by run- Which completely edaces the character or ning the fabric through printing rollers, u'stre' thereof, and interferes with merceriz- W and usually through a succession of printing or other processes; With my improved ing rollers, each being adapted to impress method, however, it will be seen that if. a certain shade on the goods. This requires the goods are first embossed or have the expensive rollers and a good deal ofmechpattern impressed as stated, they will take anism, which I dispense with. i I the color in the manner described, and any 5 The art of printing designs is extensive subsequent printing or finishing can easily and carried out in many ways, but my in-. be carried out. All of which will appear vention eliminates the use of printing rollmore clearly from the description which ers entirely, and produces goods having a follows. better and more lasting effect than the two- Reference is to be had to the accompanytone or multiple tone goodswproduced in any ing drawings forming a part of this speci- "of the customary ways. At the same time cation, in which similar reference characters my invention is intended to leave the'goods indicate corresponding parts in all the views. so that if desired they can be further printed Figure .1 is a diagrammatic elevation of or submitted to any usual embossing or a means of carrying my improved method coloring processes or mercerization, ,or in into effect. fact any of the many operations custom- Figure 2 isa detail showing how a patary in this art. I have found by experitern is impressed on a strip of goods. ment and practice that if fabrics, have a Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating the cf pattern or design impressed upon them 1 feet of the compression, and without color, they may'then be subjected Figure 4 is a diagram showing the effect to dyeing or coloring so that the dye will after color has been applied. permeate the threads, and the parts which 1 The drawings are by way of example and have been compressed will absorb less color have nothing whatever to do with the, because of the compression, and consequent-- method except to show one way of carryly the shade will be lighter, andthe depth of ing it into effect, and obviously a pattern shade varies inversely with the depth of can be impressed on goods of the kind dc the impressed pattern, so that if parts'are' scribed in very many ways.

deeply impressed, these parts will be cor- Figure 1 shows a convenient means in respondingly light in shade because of the which the goods or stock 10 is' fed from a that short strips can roll 11, and passed through embossingrolla lighter shade.

ers 12, the raised parts of which represent the pattern 13 which is impressed on the goods.

I After this has been done, color can be applied in anywell known, or preferred way. For example the stoclfcan be led 'over-guide rollers'let and immersion rollers 15, so as to pass it through a bath of dye ,16, .and ultimately it can be rolled upagain as shown at 17, or taken care of in anypreferred way, and it will be evident be treated by passing them through the rollers 12.-and then imdensed parts so mersingor otherwise coloring them.

When the stock has passed throughthe rollers 12, the design or pattern will be condensed as shown at 13, and in Figure 3 I.

will be of lighter shade; but as the impression tapers off towards the body of the goods,.the condensed parts will gradually become more absorbent, so that by graduatingthe impression of the pattern, sharp lines or graduated shades can be produced, as desired,

It will be noted in carrying out the process that the goods are actually dyed, as the I and that it may be conveniently applied with dye penetratesthe threads and produces a lasting color, and further that any type of color or dye can be used without affecting the invention.

As already indicated it will also be noticed that after the goods my method to give the desired two-tone or multiple tone effect, they, can be readily subjected to any esses to further elaborate them without affecting my improvement, which is fundamental and which therefore would be the first step in producing a desired multiple tone or two-tone efiect on the goods.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the method can be very easily carried into effect in a great variety of ways,

to textiles, but to great economy not only other fabrics and sheet materials susceptible of coloring.

I claim 1. The improvement in the art of producin a design or pattern on sheet material, w ich comprises compressing parts of the material while the material is dry, and then applying color thereto whereby the com lighter shade.

have been treated by of the usual or preferred proc- 1,557,4ei' i pressed parts being less absorbent will have 2. The improvement in the art of producing'a deslgn or pattern on sheet material with one color but diflerent shades, which comprises compressing parts of the dry material and then applying a single color thereto, whereby the compressed parts being less absorbent will have 'a lighter shade.

3. The improvement in the art of producing a design or patterni on sheet material, which comprises compressing a pattern on the said material while in-the dry state and then applying color thereto, whereby the pattern being ess absorbent will have a 4. Theimproved method of producing a design or patternon sheet material, which comprises embossing the dry material and then applying; a single color thereto whereby the parts compressed by embossing will be less absorbent and have a lighter shade.

5. The improved method of producing a design or pattern on one color fabric, which comprises compressing or condensing the dry fabric at the parts where a shade 1s desired, and then applying a single color to the fabric whereby less color will be absorbed and a lighter shade produced at the condensed places.

6. The improved method of producing a design or pattern on one color fabrics,'-which comprises condensing withoutcolor a pattern on thedry material under treatment, and then applying a single color to the fab- .ric, whereby the pattern being less absorbent will have a lighter shade.

7. The method of produc ng a multipletone efiect on fabrics, which consists in first impressing a. pattern without color on the dfi'y fabric,'and, then coloring it, whereby t e the depth of the impression.

8. The method of producing a multiple toneeffect on fabrics, which comprises first impressing a pattern withoutcolor on the dry' fabric, and next dyeing the threads of the fabric, whereby the compressed parts being less absorbent will be of lighter shade.

9. The method of producing a multiple tone effect on fabrics, which consists in first impressing a pattern on the dry fabric, and then immersing the fabric in dye, whereby the condensed parts being less absorbent will take a lighter shade.

10. The method of producing a multiple tone effect on sheet material, which comdepth of the shade varies inversely with 

